Gavon as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Gavon

What is the meaning of the name Gavon ?

The baby name Gavon is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced GAV-ən (IPA: /ˈɡævən/) — also heard as GAY-von (IPA: /ˈɡeɪvən/).

Gavon is English in Origin.

Gavon is a modern variant of Gavin, the medieval Scottish form of Gawain, the Arthurian knight. Gawain stems from Welsh Gwalchmei (or Gwalchmai), built on gwalch "hawk" plus a debated second element, often read as "May" or "plain." By extension, Gavon carries the sense of "hawk" and chivalric resonance. The -on spelling likely arose in 20th-century English usage, echoing names like Devon and Javon; it remains uncommon beside Gavin.

Seen as a given name in North America and the UK since the late 1900s, Gavon tracks with the revival of Gavin, which surged in the early 2000s. Variants and related forms include Gavin, Gavan, Gavyn, Gaven, and the literary Gawain/Gawaine; short form Gav is typical. An alternate Irish pathway also exists via Gavin as an Anglicization of Ó Gábháin ("descendant of the little smith"), though this mainly explains the surname rather than the forename.